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Electron lifetime is at least 66,000 yottayears - physicsworld.com: Charge conservation stands the test of time at the

Electron lifetime is at least 66,000 yottayears - physicsworld.com: Charge conservation stands the test of time at the Borexino experiment
Source: physicsworld.com

Portability of Information Solves Interoperability ~ Part II: 2020 - The Data Democracy — Tincture: We Americans, we’re

Portability of Information Solves Interoperability ~ Part II: 2020 - The Data Democracy — Tincture: We Americans, we’re sick and tired of being sick and tired. We’re tired of reading that the interoperability of our heal…
Source: medium.com

Quantum entanglement achieved at room temperature in macroscopic semiconductor wafers | KurzweilAI

Quantum entanglement achieved at room temperature in macroscopic semiconductor wafers | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Managing a 100-percent renewable grid, without batteries: When externalities are accounted for, it's relatively cheap.

Managing a 100-percent renewable grid, without batteries: When externalities are accounted for, it's relatively cheap.
Source: arstechnica.com

NASA Earth Observatory : : Sitting atop the Andes plateau on the border between Peru and Bolivia, the lake is the highest

NASA Earth Observatory : : Sitting atop the Andes plateau on the border between Peru and Bolivia, the lake is the highest major body of navigable water in the world and the largest lake in South America.
Source: nasa.gov

Zimbabwe on track to achieve virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: In 2010, when the project began,

Zimbabwe on track to achieve virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: In 2010, when the project began, Zimbabwe had one of the highest burdens of new HIV infections in the world, with a mother-to-child HIV transmission rate of approximately 30 percent. Today, the rate of transmission...
Source: eurekalert.org

Media demonstrate ignorance of correlation vs. causation by reporting the coffee study in Circulation - Association of Coffee

Media demonstrate ignorance of correlation vs. causation by reporting the coffee study in Circulation - Association of Coffee Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Three Large Prospective Cohorts. See reports in Telegraph, Tribune, BT news, South Wales Argus!, Harvard's own press release....
Source: ahajournals.org

The NHS Confederation has asked people if they want cake and seem encouraged that the answer is yes. In the confederation's

The NHS Confederation has asked people if they want cake and seem encouraged that the answer is yes. In the confederation's parallel universe people can (1) have their cake and eat it, (2) it will be better cake than before, (3) they won't need to wait for it, and (4) it will be free! They are shrewd...
Source: nhsconfed.org

Molybdenum Dilsufide Outperforms Graphene in Water Desalination: MoS2 would filter 70 percent more water than graphene,

Molybdenum Dilsufide Outperforms Graphene in Water Desalination: MoS2 would filter 70 percent more water than graphene, because of its peculiar chemistry
Source: ieee.org

The Lancet: UN report shows that despite substantial progress, the world fell short of the maternal mortality target in

The Lancet: UN report shows that despite substantial progress, the world fell short of the maternal mortality target in the Millennium Development Goals: New research published today in The Lancet shows that, despite reducing maternal mortality by an impressive 44 percent between 1990 and 2015, the world...
Source: eurekalert.org

Proof that Grampound has taste: THE rebuilt Grampound Hall hosted its first performance on October 5, 2004. On October

Proof that Grampound has taste: THE rebuilt Grampound Hall hosted its first performance on October 5, 2004. On October 4 the performance of C-scape's Taste was the 200th show held in the hall over those ten years. Those 200 shows...
Source: cornishguardian.co.uk

Chemicals did not help disperse BP’s oil spill, hurt oil-degrading micro-organisms – study: Chemical dispersants

Chemicals did not help disperse BP’s oil spill, hurt oil-degrading micro-organisms – study: Chemical dispersants applied from a plane onto the Gulf of Mexico spill removed oil from the water’s surface but did not help fully degrade it, a new study claims. Scientists also found the dispersants...
Source: www.rt.com

Exoskeleton research could allow paralyzed to turn and climb: and here you see we are testing a technical solution, how

Exoskeleton research could allow paralyzed to turn and climb: and here you see we are testing a technical solution, how to reproduce it, how to allow this movement. What you can see here is this four bar linkage mechanism. If you have multiple joints connected in a certain way then we allow the leg inside...
Source: reuters.com

Earth to cross 1°C warming marker this year for the first time: The analysis is based on global temperatures from January

Earth to cross 1°C warming marker this year for the first time: The analysis is based on global temperatures from January through September.
Source: arstechnica.com

Patient reported outcome measurement system (PROMIS) valid in assessing patient experience: A study at Hospital for Special

Patient reported outcome measurement system (PROMIS) valid in assessing patient experience: A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) evaluating the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) in patients with lupus finds that the questionnaire is valid in assessing subjective...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Objectively Measured Daily Steps and Subsequent Long Term All-Cause Mortality: The Tasped Prospective Cohort Study: Background

Objectively Measured Daily Steps and Subsequent Long Term All-Cause Mortality: The Tasped Prospective Cohort Study: Background Self–reported physical activity has been inversely associated with mortality but the effect of objectively measured step activity on mortality has never been evaluated....
Source: plos.org

Celebrating 30th Anniversary of the First C++ Compiler: Let's Find Bugs In It - Slashdot

Celebrating 30th Anniversary of the First C++ Compiler: Let's Find Bugs In It - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Delhi's air pollution is causing a health crisis. So, what can be done?: The city’s toxic air has been linked to allergies,

Delhi's air pollution is causing a health crisis. So, what can be done?: The city’s toxic air has been linked to allergies, respiratory conditions, birth malformations and increasing incidence of cancers. But as a recent car-free experiment showed, action to cut pollution can be effective
Source: theguardian.com

Leap in Lithium-Air Battery Tech Could Supercharge Electric Cars: Lithium-air batteries can have up to 10 times more capacity

Leap in Lithium-Air Battery Tech Could Supercharge Electric Cars: Lithium-air batteries can have up to 10 times more capacity than lithium-ion ones
Source: ieee.org

Controlling Augmented Reality in the Operating Room: A Surgeon's Perspective |: It is only a matter of time before augmented

Controlling Augmented Reality in the Operating Room: A Surgeon's Perspective |: It is only a matter of time before augmented reality becomes a critical and useful tool in the operating room.  Surgeons will eventually be able to use hol
Source: medgadget.com